Well, it’s not a good thing. Reboot into recovery and perform the first aid operation there. Usually it’s nothing to be worried about.
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Disk Utility in 10.11
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Well, it’s not a good thing. Reboot into recovery and perform the first aid operation there. Usually it’s nothing to be worried about.
You can still verify or repair permissions with TechTool Pro 8, version 8.0.3.
See this thread:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/can-we-talk-about-the-new-disk-utility.1891708/
and:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-to-repair-permissions.1916545/page-2#post-21940080
Lou
See this thread:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/can-we-talk-about-the-new-disk-utility.1891708/
and:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-to-repair-permissions.1916545/page-2#post-21940080
Lou
Does SoftRAID work for somebody in El Capitan? For me it just gives the "cannot initialize properly" - error. using SoftRAID v. 5.07
If you disable SIP to install third party programs, you are out of luck.
The dumbing down of OSX continues. Pretty soon, it will be as restrictive as iOS is.
No but there are external Thunderbolt cases that hold multiple drives. Some come with hardware RAID, but some, like the CalDigit T3/T4, depend on creating software RAID with the system tools.
Apple states: "Beginning with OS X El Capitan, system file permissions are automatically protected. It's no longer necessary to verify or repair permissions with Disk Utility."
--> if i disable SIP/ rootless does the system then stop handling/ repairing permissions?
or is that logic bogus!?
also, is there a working terminal command to repair permissions?
thanks
--> if i disable SIP/ rootless does the system then stop handling/ repairing permissions?
or is that logic bogus!?
also, is there a working terminal command to repair permissions?
thanks
No, the system installers and updaters will still rectify permissions. System Integrity Protection will make sure that they are not even changed. There is no Terminal command anymore, so you have to do this with other tools or manually. If you screwed up your permissions, the easiest way to move forward is a system reinstall from Recovery, which will only reinstall your core system and leave your personal files and preferences untouched.
new version of SoftRAID is coming:
With SoftRAID Lite, you can certify a disk before use to ensure that the entire disk is reliable and able to store your files without error. SoftRAID Lite also includes SoftRAID's legendary disk monitoring feature which can notifies you when a disk about to fail.
Like Apple RAID, SoftRAID Lite will support stripe and mirror volumes (RAID 0 and RAID 1). Unlike Apple RAID, SoftRAID is actively supported and constantly being refined and improved.
SoftRAID Lite will ship before the end of October at a price of $49.00.
For more information, contact support@softraid.com.
With SoftRAID Lite, you can certify a disk before use to ensure that the entire disk is reliable and able to store your files without error. SoftRAID Lite also includes SoftRAID's legendary disk monitoring feature which can notifies you when a disk about to fail.
Like Apple RAID, SoftRAID Lite will support stripe and mirror volumes (RAID 0 and RAID 1). Unlike Apple RAID, SoftRAID is actively supported and constantly being refined and improved.
SoftRAID Lite will ship before the end of October at a price of $49.00.
For more information, contact support@softraid.com.
If anyone's interested, there is actually a way to repair permissions even with SIP disabled. So FYI: https://www.firewolf.science/2015/07/repairpermissions-v2-0-cli/
This saved me a lot of hassle reinstalling the whole system, thanks to "Firewolf"!
However, there are probably only a few rare cases where repairing permissions is actually required now.
Before Kurt Jung's excellent article on font management was updated (http://www.jklstudios.com/misc/osxfonts.html#requiredfonts), I moved some system/library/fonts and had to reinstall them. The permissions for those fonts got messed up. I strongly recommend you read that font management article carefully to avoid mistakes similar to mine. Many fonts you would not expect are tied into the system's interface. I suspect that merely deleting fonts won't mess up the permissions, but reinstalling them does.
Access the El Cap recovery partition (Command + r keys at boot) and disable SIP (Utilities Menu, Terminal: "csrutil disable" command, reboot) Once you visit Firewolf's web site, scroll down, find the link, and download the new KCMP Utility Pro version 3.0. Use it to install the RepairPermissions utility. You have to have SIP disabled and reboot into single user mode (Command + R keys) to use the RepairPermissions utility on the startup volume.
In my case the utility found and fixed several errors with, you guessed it, only the fonts I had errantly reinstalled. No other errors were found.